[hider=Hello] Afrikaans Haai (inf), Hallo, Goeie dag (frm) Albanian Ç'kemi / Tungjatjeta Alo Alsatian Hallo / Güete Tag / Buschur / Güata Tàg Göte Tàij / Grias di wohl / Salü Amharic ሰላም (sälam) / tadiyass - inf teanaste'lle'n (frm) Arabic (Modern Standard) (as-salām 'alaykum) السلام عليكم rsp - (wa 'alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا ('āllō) آلو Arabic (Egyptian) (is salām 'alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم rsp - (wa 'alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام (ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً rsp - (ahlan beek) أهلاً بيك inf - (ahlan) أهلاً Arabic (Lebanese) Mar7aba Arabic (Moroccan) (ssalamū 'lekum) اسلا عليكم (alu) الو Aragonese Ola Arapaho Héébee (m) Tous (f/m>f) Armenian (Eastern) բարև(Barev) inf ԲարևՁեզ (Barev dzez) frm ալլո (Alló) Armenian (Western) Բարեւ: (Parev) inf Բարեւ ձեզ: (Parev tsez) frm Arrernte Werte Assamese নমস্কাৰ (nomoskaar) Asturian Hola / Bonos díes Azeri Salam, Salam əleyküm, Əleyküm salam (reply) Basque Kaixo Belarusian Вітаю (Vitayu) Дзень добры (Dzien' dobry) Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien) Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) - inf Bengali নমস্কার (nômoshkar) - for Hindus আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum) স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) - for Muslims haelo Bhojpuri प्रणाम (prannam) Bosnian Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo / Merhaba (inf) Halo / Molim Breton Salud Mat an traoù? Mat an traoù ganeoc'h? Bulgarian Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm Здравей (Zdravej) inf Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf Привет (Privet) - regards, greetings Ало (Alo) Дочуване (Dočuvane) Catalan Hola, Bon dia Hola? Si? Digui? Chabacano de Zamboanga Que tal? Hola! Chabacano de Cavite Ola Chamorro Håfa ådai / Buenas Chechen Салам Cherokee ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) 'ᏏᏲ (Siyo) Chichewa Moni Chinese (Cantonese) 你好 (néih hóu) 喂 (wái) Chinese (Hakka) 你好 (ngi2 ho3) 你好冇? (ngi2 ho3 mo?) 噯 (oi) Chinese (Mandarin) 你好 (nǐ hǎo) - inf 您好 (nín hǎo) - frm 喂 (wéi) Chinese (Shanghainese) 侬好 (nong23 hao34) 大家好!(dâka-hô!) - hello everybody 饭吃过伐? (ve23 qik3 gu5 va1?) - "have you eaten?" (common greeting) Chinese (Taiwanese) 你好 (lí-hó) - sg / 恁好 (lín-hó) - pl 喂 (ôe) Chinese (Teochew) 汝好 (leu2 ho2) Choctaw Halito Cimbrian Guuten takh Cornish Dydh da, Hou, Ha, Hou sos Lowena dhis (sg) Lowena dhywgh (pl) Corsican Salute / Bonghjornu Croatian Bok / Čao / Dobar Dan Czech Ahoj / Dobrý den Haló Danish Hej Hallo Dutch Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf) Elfdalian Hej, Høj, Góðdag Eritrean ታዲያስ (tadiyalä) Esperanto Saluton Halo Estonian Tere, Tervist Faroese Hallo / Hey Fijian Bula (inf) Drau bula (dl) Dou bula (pl) Nibula (mp) Finnish Terve, Hyvää päivää, Päivää, Moi, Hei Haloo? French Salut / Bonjour Allô? Frisian (North) Moin / Guundach Frisian (Sater) Gouden Dai Frisian (West) Hoi, Goeie, A goeie, Goedei Friulian Bundì, Mandi Galician Ola Georgian გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) ალო (alo) გისმენთ (gismenth) German Hallo Guten Tag Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria) Moin Hallo German (Bavarian) Servas / Gria̦sgood Greek (Modern) Γειά! (ya) – inf Γειά σου (ya su) – inf Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm Έλα (éla) – (ela) inf Λέγετε (léyete) – frm Εμπρός (embrós) – inf Greenlandic Aluu (inf) Inuugujoq / Kutaa (frm) Haluu Gujarati નમસ્તે (namaste) Haitian Creole Bonjou Hausa Sannu / Salama alaikum / A gaishai ka (ki) Amin. Alaikum salam (reply) Hawaiian Aloha Hebrew (šalom) שלום (halo) הלו Herero Tjike Himba Mono Hindi नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār) हेलो (helo) Hungarian Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia Halló Icelandic Halló / Góðan dag / Góðan daginn Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f) Ido Saluto Igbo kedụ Indonesian Hi / Apa kabar? Halo Interlingua Salute Inuktitut ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai) Iñupiaq Halauġikpiñ Irish (Gaelic) Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhaoibh (pl) reply: Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) Italian Ciao / Salve Pronto? Jutish Godaw Japanese 今日は (konnichiwa) おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends もしもし (moshi moshi) Jèrriais Salut / Bouônjour Kashubian Witôjze Kannada ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra) Kazakh Сәлем! (Sälem!) - inf Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) - frm Khmer ជំរាបសួរ (johm riab sua) - frm surs dey (inf) Kinyarwanda Muraho / Bite (inf) Klingon nuqneH ('What do you want?') - general 'greeting' used when confronted by another Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) - frm 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - inf 안녕 (annyeong) - inf 여보세요 (yeoboseyo) !Kung San !kao Kurdish (Kurmanji) Merheba; Silav; Silamun eleykum; Rojbaş (inf) Kurdish (Sorani) Sillaw, Ew kata bash, Em kata bash Elu Kyrgyz Салам (Salam) - inf Саламатсызбы (Salamatsyzby) - frm Саламатсыздарбы (Salamatsyzdarby) - pl Саламатчылык (Salamatçylyk) - reply Lakota Sioux Hau (used only by men) Latin Heus (inf) Ave / Salve (sg) Salvete (pl) Latvian Sveiki Limburgish Hallo Lithuanian Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki Alio Low Saxon Moin Lozi Lumela (sg) Mlumeleng (pl) Luxembourgish Moien / Salut Macedonian Здраво (Zdravo) Ало (Alo) - on phone Malagasy Manao ahoana e Malay Selamat pagi (good morning) Selamat petang (good afternoon) Selamat malam (good night) Assalamualaikum (used by Muslims) Malayalam നമസ്തെ (namaste) നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) Manx (Gaelic) Dy bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet! Maldivian Assalaamu Alaikum (frm) Kihineh? (inf) Maltese Ħello / Hawn / Aw Māori Kia ora Kia ora rā kōrua (dl) Kia ora koutou (pl) Tēnā koe (sg/frm) Tēnā kōrua (dl/frm) Tēnā koutou (pl/frm) Marathi नमस्कार (namaskār) Mongolian Сайн уу? (Sain uu?) Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu) Байна уу (Baina uu) Nama !gai //oas Nahuatl Niltze / Tialli / Pialli Navajo Yá'át'ééh Newari / Nepal Bhasa ज्वजलपा Ndebele (Northern) Salibonani Nepali नमस्ते (namaste) Norwegian Goddag / Hei / Morn Hallo Occitan Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz! Ojibwe Aniin (inf) / Bozhoo (frm) Old English Wes hāl (sg) Wesaþ hāl (pl) Oriya ନମସ୍କର (namascara) ନମସ୍ତେ (namaste) ଶୁଣିବେ (sunibe) Papiamento Bon dia / Halo Pashto (khe chare) ښې چارې (salaam) سلام (as-salaamu' alaykum) السلام عايكم Persian (Farsi) (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام Pitjantjatjara Wai, Wai palya Polish Cześć (inf) / Siema / Siemano (vinf) Halo / Słucham Portuguese Olá Está lá? Estou sim? Estou? Portuguese (Brazilian) Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! Alô? Punjabi ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl) ਨਮਸਕਾਰ / نمسکار (namaskar) Quechua Rimaykullayki / Napaykullayki Romanian Salut / Bună ziua Alo Romansh Ciao / Tgau / Allegra Russian Здравствуйте! (Zdravstvujte!) - frm Привет! (Privet!) - inf Алло? (Allo?) Sakha бирибиэт (biribiet) - frm Дорообо (doroobo) - inf Samoan Talofa / Falopa Sardinian (Logudorese) Bone die Scottish Gaelic Halò / Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? Serbian Здраво (Zdravo) Хало (Halo) Молим (Molim) Sesotho Lumela; Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Helele Shona Mhoro (sg) Mhoroi (pl) Sicilian Ciau / Assabbinirica / Sabbinirica / Salutamu Sinhala ආයුඛෝවන් (āyubūvan) හලෝ (halō) Sesotho Lumela / Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Slovak Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar / Servus Slovenian Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo Halo Somali Is ka warran Spanish ¡Hola! ¡Diga! ¡Dígame! ¿Sí? ¿Bueno? ¡Hola! ¿Aló? Stellingwarfs Hoj Sundanese Halo (borrowed from Indonesian) Swahili Habari (inf), Hujambo / Sijambo (reply) Swedish God dag (frm) Hej (inf) Hallå (inf) Tjena, Tja (vinf) Swiss German Grüezi (frm) / Sali (inf) Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm) Sali zämme (pl/inf) Tagalog Mabuhay! (frm) Hoy / Uy (inf) Hello Tahitian Ia ora na Tamil வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) - inf வணக்க0 (vaṇakkã) - frm Tatar Isänme(sez) / Sawmı(sız) / Sälam (inf) Telugu నమస్కారం (namaskārām) Tetum Ola, Oi Teribe Miga (said by a visitor) Kobe (said to a visitor) Thai สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee) ฮัลโหล (hanlŏh) Tibetan བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (tashi delek) This phrase, which means "Good fortune", is used as a greeting, though isn't really an equivalent of hello. Questions like "How are you?" or "Where are you going?" are used instead. Tigrinya ሰላም (selam) Tok Pisin Gude / Hi / Hai Tongan Mālō e lelei (inf) Mālō ‘etau lava (frm) Tswana Dumela Tsez АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f) Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m) Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) Turkish Merhaba, Selam, İyi günler Alo, Efendim Ukrainian Вітаю (Vitayu) - frm Агов (Ahov) - inf Алло (Allo) Слухаю (Sluchaju) Ulch Сородэ Urdu (āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام inf - (salām) سلام (helo) ەيلو Uzbek Assalomu Alaykum! Vaalajkum assalom! (reply) Labbay! Venda I nhlikanhi Venetian Ciao! Vietnamese Chào anh (>m) Chào chị (>f) Á-lô! Volapük Glidis Võro Tereq Walloon Bondjoû Warlpiri Ngurrju mayinpa Welsh Helô / Hylô / Shwmae / S'mae Wolof Na nga def (sg) Na ngeen def (pl) Salaam aleekum Xhosa Molo (sg) Molweni (pl) Yapese Mogethin Yiddish (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג Yorùbá Ẹ n lẹ Yucatec Maya Ba'ax ka wa'alik? Zazaki Selam / Ma be xér / Demê şıma be xeyr Zulu Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl)[/hider]